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Mikulski to lead Senate Appropriations Committee
In an unexpected move that could have significant implications for Maryland, Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski will be named the first female chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday. The Baltimore native and Maryland Democrat, who had...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Montgomery County (Maryland), Richard Shelby, Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice
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DNC fills convention speakers’ list with women
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelOn the eve of the Republican National Convention in Tampa the Democrats are signalling one of their campaign themes by naming 10 more speakers for their upcoming national convention — all women. The speakers list released this morning by the... -
George Edward 'Hunky' Sauerhoff, activist
George Edward "Hunky" Sauerhoff, a political aide and fundraiser who was the founder and president of the Loyal Sons of Pigtown, died May 12 of heart failure at FutureCare Cherrywood Healthcare and Rehabilitation Centre in Reisterstown.
The unofficial...Tags: Pratt Street, Catonsville, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Babe Ruth, Pigtown
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Congress asked to OK $43 million for more multienforcement aircraft
arnoldp@herald-mail.comA top official at the Sierra Nevada Corp. plant near Hagerstown said Wednesday that federal funding is being sought to enable the company to continue producing special surveillance planes for U.S. Customs and Border Protection through 2013. Jack...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Elections, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations
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Paycheck Fairness Act: Good politics, good policy
If Maryland's resident pit bull, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, has demonstrated anything in her several decades in Congress and as dean of Senate women, it's a willingness to stand up for the less powerful in society, and she was at it again this week advocating...
Tags: Feminism, Democratic Party, Abigail Adams, Employment Opportunities, Employment
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Workers laid off from Sparrows Point to receive job retraining
Hundreds of workers laid off from the Sparrows Point steel mill will receive job retraining and other services under a $3 million U.S. Department of Labor grant announced Monday. The funding will expand job-related services under the National Emergency...Tags: Unemployment, Benjamin L. Cardin, Career and Workplace, Bankruptcy, Financially Distressed Companies
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Veterans receive long-overdue honors at Fort Meade
Dr. Charles E. Rath Jr. and Charles Shyab both earned the Bronze Star for their valor in battle, but neither soldier collected his medal. At a recent ceremony at Fort Meade, the two veterans, who served in battles more than two decades apart, stood...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Culture, Georgetown University, Injuries and Wounds, Fort Meade (military base)
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Inner Harbor site eyed for statue of ex-Mayor 'Du' Burns
Three years after an Inner Harbor statue of William Donald Schaefer was unveiled, admirers of the city's first African-American mayor want to erect a statue of him nearby. A nonprofit foundation created to honor the late Clarence "Du" Burns, who...
Tags: Inner Harbor, Corporate Officers, Harborplace, William Donald Schaefer, Arts and Culture
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Sister Louis Mary Battle, Stella Maris administrator
Sister Louis Mary Battle, a medical administrator who was called the vision behind the expansion of care for the elderly, dementia patients and the dying at Stella Maris in Timonium, died Friday of complications from autoimmune disease and...Tags: Long Term Care, Political Fundraising, Waverly (Baltimore, Maryland), Martin Luther King Jr., Alzheimer's Disease
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Sen. Cardin celebrates re-election with diner breakfast
U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin celebrated his election to a second term with a traditional breakfast at Fells Point diner Jimmy's Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. "I'm kind of a boring guy: Egg white omelet. So that's what I got this morning with my grits," he said. "It was...
Tags: DREAM Act, Washington, DC, Fells Point, Benjamin L. Cardin, Same-Sex Marriage
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Five for your planner: Tuesday, Nov. 6
1. Honoring those who have fought and fallen Students of the Veterans Club at Hagerstown Community College will hold a special Veterans Day event Thursday, Nov. 8, at Hagerstown Community College's Student Center, Robinwood Drive, east of Hagerstown....
Tags: Wines, Colleges and Universities, Restrepo (movie), Veterans Day, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Poll shows Cardin with big lead in Senate race
Despite a multimillion-dollar advertising blitz from one challenger and an aggressive grassroots campaign from another, U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland remains among the safest incumbents in the nation as he runs for a second term, according to a new...Tags: Democratic Party, Polls, Benjamin L. Cardin, Politics, Republican Party
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